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HAND TOOL.

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ALVIN J'. BRIGHT, OF CERISTIANSBRG, QHIO.

HAND-TOOL.

Application filed .T une 25, 1917.

To all whom t may concern: 4

Be it known that I, ALVIN J. BRIGHT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Christiansburg, in the county of Champaign 2 and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lI-Iand- Tools, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

rl`liis invention relates to hand tools and has for its object to provide a cheaply constructed form of tool which is usable in any relation when a hand tool is desirable.

An additional object is to provide a tool, the parts of which are readily detached so that they maybe carried in a workmans bag or the like in a small compass.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the tool; Fig. 2 is a side elevation; and Fig. 3 shows samples of some of the many forms of tools which may be employed, such as tools, valve grinders, or the like.

A handle 1 is provided and connected to rotate relatively to the handle is a tool stock 2. rIhe method of connection is not material to the invention and the tool stock is here shown as mounted on a pin 3 passing through the handle 1, whereby the handle may be grasped and the tool stock readily rotated.

Fast to the handle 1 are the ends of a wire 4 which, as shown, is bent to pass twice around an operating rod 5, the wire being integral and its two ends connected by a straight portion 6. 'Ihe operating rod 5 may be of wood or any other desired material and of any desired length. Surround.- ingn the ends of the rod are knobs 7 and a string 8 is adapted to be passed through holes in these knobs, the holes in the working position of the parts being adjacent the ends of the rod 5. It will be seen from the drawings that the string 8 is passed through holes in the knobs 7 and the knobs 7 then tightened on the ends of the operating rod 5, the string also passing one or more times around the tool stock 2.

The holes in knobs 7 are made to fit closely the rod 5, and thus may be pushed on the ends of the rod, until the string 8 stops further movement of the knobs. The string 8 is, of course, more or less elastic, and thus may be slightly compressed by the knobs 7 and aid in holding the knobs against movement on the operating rod.

Specification of letters Patent.

rateatea nee. a, iai?. Serial No. 176,750. l

The cylindrical surface of the tool stock is shown without flanges and maybe used in that form in most cases. An aperture 9 of any desired shape is provided in the lower part of the tool stock and in this aperture any desired tool or other tool may be inserted. Examples of forms of tool which are readily adapted for use in a tool of this style are shown in Fig. 3. In this figure the tool marked with the numeral 10 may to advantage be employed for grinding valves in an automobile engine or in engines of other types.

The operation of the device is obvious from the previous description. rIhe handle 1 is grasped by one hand of the operator and he employs the other hand to move the operating rod 5 back and forth through the supports formed by the bent portions of the wire 6. 'Ihis to and fro movement of the operating rod 5 obviously rotates the tool stock 2 together with the tool or other device carried by the tool stock. When the device is to be placed in a workmans bag the knobs 7 may be removed from the operating rod 5 by pulling them olf by hand whereupon the rod may be readily detached from the supporting wire 4 and the device thus readily carried. The method of attaching the knobs 7 to the operating rod 5 provides for a .ready adjustment of the tightness of the string 8.

It will be understood that the part 4 though having been referred to as a wire need not be precisely that type of device. Any supporting element fastened to the handle 1 and adapted to support the operating rod may be employed. So also the part 8 has been referred to as a string but it will be understood that any desired flexible material, such as a leather band, may be employed to rotate the tool stock 2.

I-Iaving` thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a hand tool, a handle, a tool stock mounted to rotate in said handle, an operating rod, a string extending tothe ends of said rod and carried around said tool stock, and a wire extending around said operating rod at two places and having its ends fast to said handle.

2. In a hand tool, a handle, a cylindrical tool stock mounted to rotate in said handle, an operating rod, a` string extending to the ends of said handle and carried around said tool stock, knobs surrounding the ends of said operating rod and having transverse holes through Which said string passes to keep said string taut, and a holding and guiding Wire carried around said operating rod at two places and having its ends fast to saidhandle.

3. In a hand tool, a handle, a cylindrical tool stock, a pin in said handle on which said tool stock is rotatably mounted, an operatingv rod, detachable knobs surrounding the ends of said operating rod and having transverse holes adjacent the ends of said rod, 'a string extending along said handle and held against the ends of the same by passing through said knob holes, said string being Carried around said tool stock, and a CopiesA of this patent' may be obtained` for stiff holding and guiding Wire carried around said operating rod at two places and having its ends fast to said handle.

4. ln a hand tool, a handle, a tool stock mounted to rotate in said handle, an operating rod, a string extending to the ends of said rod and Carried around said tool stock, and supporting means for said rod fast to said handle.

5. In a hand tool, a handle, a tool stock mounted to rotate in said handle, an operating rod, a string extending to the ends of said rod and serving to operate said tool stock, and means, carried by said handle, for guiding said operating rod.

In testimony whereof, l aiiix my signature.

ALVIN J. BRIGHT.

ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

